Samet Akaydin

Samet Akaydin (born 13 March 1994) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Fenerbahçe and the Turkey national team.

Samet Akaydin

Akaydin with Adana Demirspor in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Trabzon, Turkey
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Fenerbahçe
Number	3
Youth career
2004–2009	İdmanocağı
2009–2010	Trabzonspor
2010–2011	İdmanocağı
2011–2013	Boluspor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Arsinspor	4	(0)
2014–2018	Sancaktepe	131	(9)
2018–2019	Şanlıurfaspor	34	(3)
2019–2021	Ankara Keçiörengücü	49	(4)
2021–2023	Adana Demirspor	55	(4)
2023–	Fenerbahçe	27	(0)
2024	→ Panathinaikos (loan)	12	(0)
International career‡
2022–	Turkey	10	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:08, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Akaydin began his youth career with Black Sea Region-based clubs Trabzon İdmanocağı, Trabzonspor, Boluspor and started his professional career with hometown club Arsinspor. He played four seasons with Istanbul-based club Sancaktepe, one season with Şanlıurfaspor, and 1+1⁄2 seasons with Ankara Keçiörengücü.

Adana Demirspor

Akaydin moved to Süper Lig side Adana Demirspor where he had successful seasons and selected to the national team.

Fenerbahçe

On 4 December 2023, Akaydin signed Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahçe for 3+1⁄2 years.^[1] He made his Süper Lig debut for the team in a 2–1 away game win over Gaziantep FK on 15 January 2023.

Panathinaikos (loan)

On 14 January 2024, Akaydin joined Greek side Panathinaikos on loan from Fenerbahçe, until the end of the 2023–24 season.^[2]

International career

Akaydin debuted with the Turkey national team in a friendly 2–1 win over the Czech Republic on 19 November 2022.^[3]

Akaydin was selected to represent his nation at the UEFA Euro 2024.^[4] Notably, he scored an own goal past Altay Bayındır from outside the box in the nation's 3–0 loss to Portugal during the group stage.^[5] On 6 July, he scored his first international goal, by opening the score in a 2–1 defeat against the Netherlands in the quarter-final of the competition.^[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 August 2024^[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[lower-alpha 1]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arsinspor	2013–14	TFF Third League	4	0	0	0	—		4	0
Sancaktepe	2014–15	TFF Third League	33	3	1	0	—		34	3
	2015–16	TFF Third League	34	4	1	0	—		35	4
	2016–17	TFF Third League	32	0	7	0	—		39	0
	2017–18	TFF Second League	32	2	0	0	—		32	2
	Total		131	9	9	0	0	0	140	9
Şanlıurfaspor	2018–19	TFF Second League	34	3	0	0	—		34	3
Ankara Keçiörengücü	2019–20	TFF First League	33	3	0	0	—		33	3
	2020–21	TFF First League	16	1	0	0	—		16	1
	Total		49	4	0	0	0	0	49	4
Adana Demirspor	2020–21	TFF First League	6	0	0	0	—		6	0
	2021–22	Süper Lig	33	2	2	1	—		35	3
	2022–23	Süper Lig	16	2	1	0	—		17	2
	Total		55	4	3	1	0	0	58	5
Fenerbahçe	2022–23	Süper Lig	17	0	4	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	23	0
	2023–24	Süper Lig	10	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	11	0
	2024–25	Süper Lig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		27	0	4	0	3	0	34	0
Panathinaikos (loan)	2023–24	Super League Greece	12	0	3	0	—		15	0
Career total			284	20	19	1	3	0	304	21

1. Includes Turkish Cup and Greek Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 6 July 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Turkey	2022	1	0
	2023	3	0
	2024	6	1
Total		10	1

Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akaydin goal.

List of international goals scored by Samet Akaydin

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 July 2024	Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany	10	Netherlands	1–0	1–2	UEFA Euro 2024

Honours

Fenerbahçe

• Turkish Cup: 2022–23^[8]

Panathinaikos

• Greek Cup: 2023–24

References

1. "Ailemize hoş geldin Samet Akaydın". 12 January 2023.
2. "Στον Παναθηναϊκό ο Σαμέτ Ακαϊντίν" (in Greek). Panathinaikos F.C. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
3. "Tayyip Talha Sanuç, Samet Akaydin and Onur Bulut spoke after the Czechia match!". 19 November 2022.
4. "A Millî Takımımızın EURO 2024 Aday Kadrosu Açıklandı" [EURO 2024 Candidate Squad of Our National Team Announced] (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
5. Tobin, Sam (23 June 2024). "Portugal coast into Euro 2024 last-16 with 3-0 victory over Turkey". Reuters. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
6. "Netherlands 2–1 Türkiye". UEFA. 6 July 2024.
7. "Samet Akaydın". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
8. "Cumhuriyetimizin 100. Yılında Türkiye Kupası Fenerbahçemiz'in". fenerbahce.org. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

External links

• Samet Akaydin at the Turkish Football Federation
• Samet Akaydin at Soccerway
• Samet Akaydin at National-Football-Teams.com